The journey continues for “The Mexican Russian” tonight in Macau as he heads into a rematch against Billy Dib, whose IBF featherweight title he took in March after being called in as a late replacement.

Former featherweight titleholder Billy Dib lost his belt in what was supposed to be a triumphant debut under promoter 50 Cent’s banner, but says the experience has shown him exactly what he needs to do to become champion again.

Billy Dib used to walk out to 50 Cent’s music as an up-and-comer, now the featherweight titleholder will be accompanied by the rapper, who is his promoter, when he walks to the ring to defend his IBF belt against Evgeny Gradovich in the main event of this week’s Friday Night Fights.

Evgeny Gradovich was just as surprised as everyone else when he got the call last week to face IBF featherweight titleholder Billy Dib on March 1, but the allure of a world title opportunity was too much to deny.